Fur Feathers And Fluffy Butts

Oliver

 

It's been a while since I posted some

good photo's of the critters 

here on the farm

so for those animal lovers out there...

here you go!

Above is Olly.

He follows me and loves to be 

in the garden when I'm working.

He's always on the lookout for the

most comfortable spot to watch

the world go by.

 

Lizzy would have pushed him out 

if she could but Olly

wasn't budging

from his nice warm sunny spot.

 

  

Shep has to be close to the action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea is our little farm dog.

Her 'brother' Bubba our other Shih Tzu

is the 'house dog' but Chelsea

is definitely our

'FARM DOG'.

And she knows that's her title

because when ever well call her that

she wags her tail and looks

proud as punch. :) 

 

Here's Hope enjoying her meal.

 

 

We expanded the chickens run

to behind the coop/garden shed

under the trees.

They are enjoying the soft dirt

and the shade. 

 

This is Licorice.

She is a Barred Rock

and was bought as a chick along

with her 'sister' Gumball who

is no longer with us :( 

 

Blogger is really acting up this morning

and trying to force me to have blue 

type with underlining!

Anyway above is Buttercup who

was one of the chicks we 

bought along with Licorice.

Buttercup is a Buff Orpington.

 

Above is Queen Latifa.

She is a Black Australorp and

 has a 'sister' named Oprah.

 We've had them since they were

fluffy chicks.

We have 20 hens including one

Rhode Island Red named

Chicken Little

and a rooster. 

 

Lizzy has to check out the girls

'run' just in case there's 

something good to eat 

or something new to play with.

We'll have to watch her carefully

since we have two hens setting

on eggs and should have some

chicks by Monday.

They are in the 'brooder'

and are separate from the others

for now. They'll all be able 

to see each other once the chicks are

old enough to go out into their 'run'

but they'll be separate from the others 

until they are close to adult size. 

 

Fluffy Butts...aren't they cute!

 

Queen L again.

 

This is Romeo.

He's a Black Australorp

and he is the nicest rooster...not an

aggressive bone in his body.

He takes good care of the girls 

and they LOVE him ;) 

 

Shep has the title of

GUARD DOG.

He's smiling because I told him

how beautiful he was and that he was 

our GOOD GUARD DOG. 

 

Lastly here is a picture of Hope and Rosie

playing. I missed Hope rearing up 

and bucking...too bad. 

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing

some of our furry and feathered

friends here on the farm.

I hope you're enjoying a wonderful

sunny warm weekend.

 Unfortunately we've got severe

weather warnings today

so the sun may not shine.

It's tornado season 

in Tornado Alley...

don't think I'll ever get used to it!  

Picket Fences And Big Feet

I love fences.

Not so much when it comes time to mow

along them or when they need repairing 

but here on our farm we need them.

We have wire fences to protect our

chickens from wild

critters and two of our three dogs

plus horses to keep from 

eating our neighbors crops.

The picket fence however is to give the little dogs

Chelsea and Bubba and the cats

 a break from ...

THIS...

Well OK...sometimes it's not all Shep.

These photo's were taken around 2 years

ago...Shep has grown even larger

since then.

Chelsea has not.

These two race around like this every day.

Sometimes several times a day.

Oh the damage those big feet can do

when they are running or digging!

Shep can be a real PEST.

Another reason to have the picket fence

which is only close to the cottage

is to protect our new gardens.

The shade garden above...

and the sunny garden below.

Henry below can play outside the picket

fence but when he was smaller

as in the photo below...

he didn't venture far from it's protection.

Can you blame him!

Below shows the pasture fence on the left

and on the right you can see where we 

quit with the picket fence. 

A welded wire fence continues along the 

lilacs but one day we'll extend the

picket fence part way down our

'lilac lane'.

In the meantime we enjoy our space

that's free from the pesky giant dog

and his big feet!

:)

I'm joining with 

Jan and Jer

for 

Friday's Fences

Bloggers Block!

See the stepping stones? They used to be cement gray!

Is it just me?

I'm having Bloggers Block

if you know what I mean.

The past few weeks I've been struggling 

to find things to Blog about.

Spring was late arriving but when it did

we found ourselves scurrying around

 trying to get everything done that 

was put on hold.

That meant everything happened at once 

and we're still trying to catch up!

I still haven't started my spring cleaning

and the fence isn't stained and we still

 have trim on the house to paint.

And weeding...oh my...I don't even want to 

THINK about that!

Maybe this is why I'm having trouble 

with Bloggers Block?

While I was trying to think about something 

to blog about this morning I remembered 

that my friend John from

Going Gently

had asked to see more photo's

of our cottage.

Well John this post is for you.

Ok it's not all about the cottage but

I thought you'd like to see a bit more of

our little farm on the Kansas prairie.

Starting with the photo above

as most of you know this is actually what we call 

the back of the cottage as it faces the back of

our farm. The opposite end faces

the street. Strange I know.

These two photo's are just of the yard

surrounding the cottage. 

Above is the garden shed/chicken coop.

To the right of that is the vegetable and 

herb garden and the strawberry patch.

Above is looking towards the back of the farm.

We put the pool up last weekend but we 

have to get the rust out of the water

before we can use it or my white/silver

hair will turn orange!

The pictures above and below 

are actually the real back of the cottage

as the front of the cottage is on the opposite

side. The two windows on the left

are the bathroom we just renovated.

The double window in the middle

is actually our dining room.

The tiny window next to that is the 

stairway to the partial basement.

Where we would run for cover if a

tornado was heading for us.

The last window on the right is

to our master bedroom.

I just realized I've never shown this side

of the cottage before as it was so 

ugly with blue paint flaking off!

These two photo's show the side of the cottage

that faces the road.

In the bottom picture you can see the actual

front of the cottage with the porch.

The pictures above and below 

are what we see across the

road from our farm.

The picture below shows what people see 

as they drive by our little farm.

The two pictures below are why

I LOVE living in the country.

Looking to the south...see those trees WAY

in the distance more than half a mile away?

That's our closest neighbor to the south.

In the picture above..see those trees

WAY in the distance on the right side

of the road?

That's our nearest neighbor to the north.

I could stand out on the road naked

and no one would see me!!!

Not that I'd do that ;)

I threw in this photo of Shep

our Akbash.

He looks small ...but he's HUGE.

Back down the lane to the cottage.

Cottage is on the left behind the lilac grove.

Our pasture is to the right.

Here's a couple of pictures of the cottage.

We still have to make shutters, stain the fence,

finish painting the trim, make a sidewalk

to the front door (which country people don't use),

plant grass between the fence and the cottage,

and one day down the road...build a screened porch.

Makes me tired just thinking about it!

Above is part of the view from the 

back of our farm.

A creek runs along those trees.

The nearest farm behind us is a mile away

which we can't see.

I love it!

The last photo is the back of the cottage again.

Yes I do hang my clothes out to dry!

So there you have it.

John I hope you enjoyed the photo's

and for those of you who are bored with 

seeing our farm....hopefully I'll be out 

of this Blogging slump soon. 

Amy...I'm thinking of you.

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL day.

Maura :)